NGT relaxes 10-year-old diesel vehicles ban in Delhi-NCR

The tribunal had taken exception to the fact that even after more than two years, nothing substantial has been done with regard to stubble burning.

Following the orders of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), state government and district administration has tightened strictures against stubble burning, and booked charges against farmers, who are not following orders.

The bench observed that farmers must understand that without their assistance, there is no solution to this problem, which is severely affecting the air quality.

Sukhdev Singh Kokrikalan, general Secretary of BKU Ugrahan, said: "We have just 20 days before sowing wheat to manage paddy stubble and in this period either government provides us free machinery or incentive or burning is the only way out to clear the field for sowing wheat".

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The government has failed to comply with a 21-year-old direction of the Supreme Court to shift manufacturing units and polluting units from non-confirming areas of Delhi, he said, adding: "On the contrary, more and more manufacturing units are coming up in non-confirming areas".

The NGT also sent notice to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), seeking details regarding the claims that it showed interest in buying stubble from the farmers in states next to Delhi to use the residue as fuel. He said that the farmers were also expecting that the government should chip in Rs 200 per quintal as compensation for the farmers for managing crop residue. How could farmers afford such an expenditure when they are already are under financial distress.

Summary: He said in the southern states, where there was no wheat cultivation and wheat stubble was not available, dairy farmers used paddy stubble as animal fodder. "When the government is not cooperating with us, we are compelled to burn stubble".

It was speculated that the film may face trouble because of the battle between the Tamil Film Producers' Council and government. Mersal also marks the second collaboration of Thalapathy Vijay and director Atlee after their 2016 blockbuster Theri .

The Orange are coming off their first ACC win of the season over the cross-divisional rival Pittsburgh Panthers. How can I listen to Clemson-Syracuse on the radio? Philips has 16 third-down catches, 11 going for first downs.

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Treating it as a PIL, it declared inoperative all the temporary licences issued under the Explosives Act for Diwali this year. The Punjab and Haryana High Court also ordered to conduct a draw for giving licences to sell firecrackers .

The school is run by a religious group but most of its capital costs -building maintenance, etc. - are paid with taxpayer monies. Ms Spielman said Ofsted will be "considering the ruling carefully to understand how this will affect future inspections".

The speaker of the Duma lower house of Russia's parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin , said that he will visit Tehran next year. Others include Reps Samuel Ikon, Nnanna Igbokwe, Abubakar Fulata and Funke Adedoyin while advisers on the team are Sen.

Ardelyx, Inc. ( ARDX ) belonging to the Healthcare sector has surged 44.44% and closed its last trading session at $7.8. The difference between the expected and actual EPS was $0.1/share, which represents an Earnings surprise of 15.6%.

The P/E ratio is one of the most common ratios used for figuring out whether a company is overvalued or undervalued. The stock of Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI ) has "Buy" rating given on Friday, July 14 by DA Davidson.

It improved, as 13 investors sold BioScrip Inc shares while 26 reduced holdings. 36 funds opened positions while 77 raised stakes. The expected EQR's profit could reach $290.48M giving the stock 21.28 P/E in the case that $0.79 earnings per share is reported.

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